Graduation Rates in Reasonable Completion Time

For the academic year 2022-2023, 6,525 students out of 7,999 candidates have completed their courses within 150% normal time (i.e. in 6 years for 4-years BS degree) at Michigan State University. By gender, 3,018 male and 3,507 female students graduated the school last year completing their jobs in the period. Its graduation rate is higher than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (71.52% in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
CandidatesCompletersGraduation Rates
Total7,9996,52581.57%
Men3,8143,01879.13%
Women4,1853,50783.80%
Michigan State University graduate rate

Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity

The graduation rate of American Indian or Alaska Native students is 61.11%, rate of Asian students is 79.82%, rate of Black (Non-Hispanic) students is 65.08%, rate of Hispanic students is 66.97%, rate of White students is 85.50%, rate of Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander students is 100.00%, rate of Two or More Race students is 76.52%, and rate of Unknown students is 66.67% at Michigan State University.
TotalMaleFemale
American Indian or Alaska Native61.11%(11/18) 58.33%(7/12) 66.67%(4/6)
Asian79.82%(360/451) 76.89%(173/225) 82.74%(187/226)
Black (Non-Hispanic)65.08%(397/610) 59.21%(135/228) 68.59%(262/382)
Hispanic66.97%(223/333) 58.39%(80/137) 72.96%(143/196)
White85.50%(4,458/5,214) 83.85%(2,056/2,452) 86.97%(2,402/2,762)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander100.00%(6/6) 100.00%(1/1) 100.00%(5/5)
Two or More Race76.52%(202/264) 76.19%(80/105) 76.73%(122/159)
Unknown66.67%(34/51) 63.64%(14/22) 68.97%(20/29)
Graduation Rate By Race/Ethnicity
Michigan State University graduate rate by race

Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

For BS degrees, 4,940 students completed their courses in 4 years (or 100% normal time) and 1,314 finished in 5 years (or 125% normal time). An additional 5,211 students graduated within 6 years (or 150% normal time).
Graduation Rate By Completion Time Period

Transfer-out and Retention Rates

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing the total number of students who are known to have transferred out of other institutions within 150% of normal time to completion into the total number of students. At MSU, the transfer-out rate is 10.35%. Its transfer-out rate is much lower than the average rate when comparing similar colleges (14.53% in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
Transfer-out and Retention Rates
By definition, the retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At Michigan State University, the retention rate is 89% for full-time students and 66 % for part-time students last year. Its retention rate is around the average rate when comparing similar colleges (86.03% in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
Retention Rates at Michigan State University

Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate

A non-resident alien student is not a US citizen/green card holder and studies with a student visa, such as an F visa, in the United States. At Michigan State University, 834 of 1,052 non-resident alien students completed their studies and the graduation rate was 79.28%.
Non-Resident Alien Graduation Rate
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